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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 03, 1988
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1986
Applicant:
Inventors:
Brent R Starck, Gurnee, IL (US);
Joseph F Brumbach, Niles, IL (US);
Robert F Zapka, Berwyn, IL (US);
Assignee:
Fibra-Sonics, Inc., Chicago, IL (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61B / ; A61L / ; A61H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
604 22 ; 128 / ; 310323 ;
Abstract
A vented ultrasonic transducer for a medical handpiece which is provided with a number of vents which extend from the interior mounted crystal drive motor to the rear end of the handpiece so as to allow the handpiece to be rapidly sterilized with a flash autoclave and the vent tubes allow moisture to pass in and out of the handpiece and prevent moisture from remaining in the handpiece and shorting out the crystal electrical drive after sterilization has been completed.